2014 World Cup in Soccer 1/8 Final : Colombia vs Uruguay – Cards

After an incident with Suarez biting Chiellini – the Uruguayans are a team that must and will be discarded from a World Cup. FIFA wants it and the fans throughout the world except those of Uruguay of course – want to see the Uruguayans going home as Fair Play is still the most important part of the soccer.

Colombia is coming out very strong after a group stage and will be ambushing the Uruguayans who finally should resort to playing soccer rather than trying to win Oscar for the best dramatic performance. Godin is the only bright spot in Uruguayan team and he plays on defense. I do not see how the Uruguayans will contain the Colombians offensively.

The game is also expected to be pretty hot one between the teams that do not really love each other historically.

Colombia head coach is Jose Peckerman who also was a coach with Argentina and knows and hates Uruguay enough to motivate his players.

No.

Pos.

Player

DoB/Age

Caps

Club

1

GK

David Ospina

31 August 1988 (aged 25)

44

Nice

2

DF

Cristián Zapata

30 September 1986 (aged 27)

24

Milan

3

DF

Mario Yepes (c)

13 January 1976 (aged 38)

98

Atalanta

4

DF

Santiago Arias

13 January 1992 (aged 22)

6

PSV

5

MF

Carlos Carbonero

25 July 1990 (aged 23)

1

River Plate

6

MF

Carlos Sánchez

6 February 1986 (aged 28)

44

Elche

7

DF

Pablo Armero

2 November 1986 (aged 27)

53

West Ham United

8

MF

Abel Aguilar

6 January 1985 (aged 29)

49

Toulouse

9

FW

Teófilo Gutiérrez

17 May 1985 (aged 29)

30

River Plate

10

MF

James Rodríguez

12 July 1991 (aged 22)

22

AS Monaco

11

MF

Juan Guillermo Cuadrado

26 May 1988 (aged 26)

28

Fiorentina

12

GK

Camilo Vargas

9 March 1989 (aged 25)

0

Santa Fe

13

MF

Fredy Guarín

30 June 1986 (aged 27)

49

Internazionale

14

FW

Víctor Ibarbo

19 May 1990 (aged 24)

9

Cagliari

15

MF

Alexander Mejía

11 July 1988 (aged 25)

8

Atlético Nacional

16

DF

Éder Álvarez Balanta

28 February 1993 (aged 21)

3

River Plate

17

FW

Carlos Bacca

8 September 1986 (aged 27)

11

Sevilla

18

DF

Juan Camilo Zúñiga

14 December 1985 (aged 28)

50

Napoli

19

FW

Adrián Ramos

22 January 1986 (aged 28)

26

Hertha BSC

20

MF

Juan Fernando Quintero

18 January 1993 (aged 21)

4

Porto

21

FW

Jackson Martínez

3 October 1986 (aged 27)

27

Porto

22

GK

Faryd Mondragón

21 June 1971 (aged 43)

50

Deportivo Cali

23

DF

Carlos Valdés

22 May 1985 (aged 29)

14

San Lorenzo

Uruguay’s head coach is Oscar Tabarez

No.

Pos.

Player

DoB/Age

Caps

Club

1

GK

Fernando Muslera

16 June 1986 (aged 27)

58

Galatasaray

2

DF

Diego Lugano (c)

2 November 1980 (aged 33)

94

West Bromwich Albion

3

DF

Diego Godín

16 February 1986 (aged 28)

77

Atlético Madrid

4

DF

Jorge Fucile

19 November 1984 (aged 29)

42

Porto

5

MF

Walter Gargano

23 July 1984 (aged 29)

63

Parma

6

MF

Álvaro Pereira

28 November 1985 (aged 28)

57

São Paulo

7

MF

Cristian Rodríguez

30 September 1985 (aged 28)

73

Atlético Madrid

8

FW

Abel Hernández

8 August 1990 (aged 23)

12

Palermo

9

FW

Luis Suárez

24 January 1987 (aged 27)

77

Liverpool

10

FW

Diego Forlán

19 May 1979 (aged 35)

110

Cerezo Osaka

11

FW

Christian Stuani

12 October 1986 (aged 27)

10

Espanyol

12

GK

Rodrigo Muñoz

22 January 1982 (aged 32)

0

Libertad

13

DF

José María Giménez

20 January 1995 (aged 19)

6

Atlético Madrid

14

MF

Nicolás Lodeiro

21 March 1989 (aged 25)

26

Corinthians

15

MF

Diego Pérez

18 May 1980 (aged 34)

89

Bologna

16

DF

Maxi Pereira

8 June 1984 (aged 30)

90

Benfica

17

MF

Egidio Arévalo Ríos

1 January 1982 (aged 32)

55

Morelia

18

MF

Gastón Ramírez

2 December 1990 (aged 23)

29

Southampton

19

DF

Sebastián Coates

7 October 1990 (aged 23)

15

Nacional

20

MF

Álvaro González

29 October 1984 (aged 29)

43

Lazio

21

FW

Edinson Cavani

14 February 1987 (aged 27)

62

Paris Saint-Germain

22

DF

Martín Cáceres

7 April 1987 (aged 27)

57

Juventus

23

GK

Martín Silva

25 March 1983 (aged 31)

4

Vasco da Gama

To sum it up – the game is going to be very tough and we are going to have the first card before 34th minute. Also, I am convinced that the Uruguayan defense will have to commit more than two card offenses.